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agentfascinateur · 3 days

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The Bahamas recognize the state of Palestine! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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odinsblog · 21 days

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The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians have long sought and Israel has worked to prevent.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. U.S. allies France, Japan and South Korea supported the resolution. (source) (source) (source)

After the vetoed U.N. membership vote, the Palestinian Ambassador, Riyad Mansour, gave an emotional speech demanding Palestinian statehood. Vanessa Frazier, the Security Council President from Malta, can be seen wiping a tear from her eye. (more)

#politics #palestine #gaza #israel #palestinian statehood #un #united nations #u.n.#self governance #palestinian state #🇵🇸#human rights #un membership #u.n. membership

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soon-palestine · 22 days

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#palestine #gaza #free palestine #UN membership

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kp777 · 4 hours

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#united nations #palestine #un membership

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jhsharman · 1 year

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It's Nixon's fault

Cold War politics. The Republic of China, the defeated capitalists who Mao kicked out to sea off to a few islands, was the officially recognized China by the U.N. Then, under President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger, and ping ping ball tournaments, Nixon shook hands with Mao and that was that. Decades later and Mr. Weatherbee was still foaming at the mouth over Nixon's betrayal.

#Archie Comics #Betty Cooper #Miss Grundy #Mr. Weatherbee #China #UN membership #Richard Nixon #Chairman Mao #Dan Decarlo #1963

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justinspoliticalcorner · 22 days

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EDITH M. LEDERER at AP, via NewsNation:

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions. The resolution would have recommended that the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, approve Palestine becoming the 194th member of the United Nations. Some 140 countries have already recognized the state of Palestine, so its admission would have been approved. This is the second Palestinian attempt to become a full member of the United Nations, and it comes as the war in Gaza, now in its seventh month, has put the more than 75-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict at center stage. Before the vote, U.S. deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said the United States has “been very clear consistently that premature actions in New York — even with the best intentions — will not achieve statehood for the Palestinian people.” Palestinian membership “needs to be the outcome of the negotiation between Israel and the Palestinians,” U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood said. It “is something that would flow from the result of those negotiations.” Anything that gets in the way “makes it more difficult to have those negotiations” and doesn’t help move toward a two-state solution where Israel and Palestine live side by side in peace, which “we all want,” Wood told reporters. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas first delivered the Palestinian Authority’s application for U.N. membership to then-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2011. That initial bid failed because the Palestinians didn’t get the required minimum support of nine of the Security Council’s 15 members. The Palestinians then went to the General Assembly and by more than a two-thirds majority succeeded in having their status raised from a U.N. observer to a non-member observer state in November 2012. That opened the door for the Palestinian territories to join U.N. and other international organizations, including the International Criminal Court. The Palestinians revived their bid for U.N. membership in early April, backed by the 140 countries that have recognized Palestine as an independent state.

This is such a disgraceful decision by the Biden Administration vetoing making the State of Palestine a full UN member.

#United Nations #Biden Administration #UN Security Council #United States #Palestine #Israel #Israel Apartheid State #Palestine UN Membership

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sayruq · 22 days

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The U.S. will use its veto power against a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations during a vote at the Security Council expected to take place Thursday evening. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described as premature an effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to gain member status at the U.N. He said there was not unanimity among the Security Council’s 15 members that the Palestinian Authority had met the criteria for membership, with unresolved questions over the governance of the Gaza Strip, where Israel is in a war to defeat and eliminate the controlling power, Hamas. “And for that reason, the United States is voting no on this proposed Security Council resolution,” Patel said.

Earlier it was revealed that the United States was secretly pressuring other members of the Security Council to shoot down a Palestinian state membership so the US wouldn't have to use its veto as that would lead to a wave of local and international criticism for Joe Biden.

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #palestinian state #two state solution #united nations #security council #joe biden

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kyreniacommentator · 3 months

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Was the EU correct in allowing the RoC as a member of the EU?

Introduction by Chris Elliott…. Further to our recent article “ Why is the UN struggling to get the Cyprob solved?” which was based upon the enormous amount of facts from the internet which sadly shows the Greek Cypriots and their supporters have overshadowed the Turkish Cypriots when promoting the TRUTH of Cyprob throughout the years. Continue reading Was the EU correct in allowing the RoC as a…

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#Cyprob issues #EU granted the RoC membership #RoC demanding total control of Cyprus #UN Reunification attempts

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coldhands-sunkeneyes · 8 months

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Oh the imposter syndrome is hitting and we’re not even 3 weeks into the semester

#really fun and cool when you’re an officer in a premed org and they’re like let’s raise the gpa requirement for national membership #and I just have to sit there like🧍‍♀️bc my gpa didn’t even come close to the previous standard #literally what the fuck #also the fact that model un continues to fucking cause problems every goddamn semester #I fucking hate being an officer I fucking hate having to pretend like I know what I’m doing even tho I’m the world’s biggest idiot #why does it feel like everything I fucking work towards just backfires and I’m wasting my time

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i-am-aprl · 21 days

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The US single-handedly blocked the UN from recognizing Palestine by vetoing a draft resolution in the Security Council that recommended that “the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the UN.” With 12 council members voting yes, a clear majority voted in favor; only the UK and Switzerland abstained.

Meanwhile, 139 of the 193 UN member states already recognize Palestine, virtually all of the world safe for the Global North and its closest allies.

Even in the EU, several countries are set to recognize Palestine soon. Since 2012, the Palestinians have been a non-member observer state to the UN, a de facto recognition of statehood granted by the UN General Assembly.

However, the Security Council and then at least two-thirds of the General Assembly must approve an application to become a full member of the world body.

The Palestinian push for full membership came six months into Israel’s devastating war of extermination against the Gaza Strip, and as Israel is expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, which the UN already considers to be illegal.

#usa #un #gaza #usa is funding genocide #usa is a terrorist state #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #i stand with palestine #jerusalem #فلسطين

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evilromero · 11 months

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before you spend all the money though can i have my fifteen pound voucher from last year

#membership un-renewed btw and i think they might block my email if i try and contact again ldnlfsglhjfdbkgbjhkdf #i'll see you in 2024 🫡

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agentfascinateur · 4 hours

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In an era of equal rights, some chose to go backwards...

Ahead of the vote, a group of 25 Senate Republicans introduced legislation — the No Official Palestine Entry (NOPE) Act — that would prevent US funding from going to the United Nations and other organizations that grant the Palestinians “any status, rights, or privileges beyond observer status.”

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odinsblog · 23 days

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AHEAD OF THE United Nations Security Council action to consider the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the international body, the United States is lobbying nations to reject such membership, hoping to avoid an overt “veto” by Washington. The lobbying effort, revealed in copies of unclassified State Department cables obtained by The Intercept, is at odds with the Biden administration’s pledge to fully support a two-state solution.

The diplomatic cables detail pressure being applied to members of the Security Council, including Malta, the rotating president of the council this month. Ecuador in particular is being asked to lobby Malta and other nations, including France, to oppose U.N. recognition. The State Department’s justification is that normalizing relations between Israel and Arab states is the fastest and most effective way to achieve an enduring and productive statehood.

While clarifying that President Joe Biden has worked vigorously to support “Palestinian aspirations for statehood” within the context “of a comprehensive peace that would resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” a diplomatic cable dated April 12 details U.S. talking points against a U.N. vote for Palestinian statehood. The cable says that Security Council members must be persuaded to reject any proposal for Palestinian statehood — and thereby its recognition as a sovereign nation — before the council’s open debate on the Middle East, scheduled for April 18.

“It remains the U.S. view that the most expeditious path toward a political horizon for the Palestinian people is in the context of a normalization agreement between Israel and its neighbors,” the cable reads. “We believe this approach can tangibly advance Palestinian goals in a meaningful and enduring way.”

“We therefore urge you not to support any potential Security Council resolution recommending the admission of ‘Palestine’ as a U.N. member state, should such a resolution be presented to the Security Council for a decision in the coming days and weeks.”

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#politics #palestine #gaza #israel #two state solution #rafah #palestinian statehood #un #united nations #🇵🇸#neoliberalism #centrism #u.n.#2 state solution #un membership #u.n. membership

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workersolidarity · 22 days

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UNITED STATES VETOS PALESTINIAN MEMBERSHIP TO THE UNITED NATIONS

In a vote today in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on a resolution to grant membership into the UN for Palestine was vetoed by the United States.

The vote for Palestinian membership was supported by the vast majority of UNSC members, with 12 votes in favor, one against, and two abstentions.

US representative to the UN for Special Political Affairs, Robert Wood, argued that Palestine could not be admitted as long as Hamas controlled the Gaza Strip, echoing Zionist arguments over Palestine's membership, at one point arguing, “there are unresolved questions as to whether [Palestine] meets the criteria to be considered a state," without ever mentioning the Israeli occupation that makes such criteria unlikely to ever be satisfied.

Palestine is currently a "Permanent Observer State" without voting rights at the United Nations.

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dcoglobalnews · 2 years

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ERDOGAN SAYS FINNISH, SWEDISH, DELEGATIONS SHOULD NOT BOTHER COMING

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother going to Ankara to convince his government to support their NATO bids. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday that Sweden’s government has formally decided to apply for NATO membership, a day after Finnish President Sauli Niinisto…

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#EU #Europe #FINLAND #NATO #NATO Membership #Sweden #Turkey #Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan #UN

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social-battery-low · 22 days

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Palestinians bidding for full UN membership is happening right now. The fact that they even have to do this is unbelievably sad. I'm crying and can barely watch. I don't even want yo LOOK at the Israeli rep. This us 2024, guys. 2024 and people in the world STILL have to do this.

#free gaza #free palestine #ceasefire #gaza strip #palestine #abandon biden #gaza genocide #gaza #rafah #joe biden #palestine news #israel #united nations #un security council #iran

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